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<p>This is the second part of a major theoretical work by Patrik Schumacher, which outlines how the discipline of architecture should be understood as its own distinct <i>system of communication</i>. <i>Autopoeisis</i> comes from the Greek and means literally self-production; it was first adopted in biology in the 1970s to describe the essential characteristics of life as a circular self-organizing system and has since been transposed into a theory of social systems. This new approach offers architecture an arsenal of general comparative concepts. It allows architecture to be understood as a distinct discipline, which can be analyzed in elaborate detail while at the same time offering insightful comparisons with other subject areas, such as art, science and political discourse. On the basis of such comparisons the book insists on the necessity of disciplinary autonomy and argues for a sharp demarcation of design from both art and engineering. Schumacher accordingly argues controversially that design as a discipline has its own <i>sui generis</i> intelligence – with its own internal logic, reach and limitations.</p> <p>Whereas the first volume provides the theoretical groundwork for

Author

Patrik S. Schumacher

Publisher

J. Wiley; John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781119990505

Subjects

Architecture, Philosophy, Art